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Author:

Wang, Guoquan (Wang, Guoquan.) | Bao, Yan (Bao, Yan.) | Cuddus, Yanet (Cuddus, Yanet.) | Jia, Xueyi (Jia, Xueyi.) | Serna, John, Jr. (Serna, John, Jr..) | Jing, Qi (Jing, Qi.)

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Abstract:

Over the past 15 years, Global Positioning System (GPS) technology has been frequently used as a tool to detect potential earth mass movements and to track creeping landslides. In this study, we investigated 4 years of continuous GPS data (September 2006-July 2010) recorded at a landslide site in Alaska. This GPS station (AC55) was installed on an un-identified creeping site by the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) project, which was funded by the US National Science Foundation. The landslide moves with a steady horizontal velocity of 5.5 cm/year toward NEE 15A degrees and experiences a steady subsidence of 2.6 cm/year. There is a considerable correlation between annual snow loading and melting cycles and seasonal variations in the landslide displacements. The seasonal movements vary year to year with an average peak-to-trough amplitude of 1.5 and 1.0 cm in vertical and horizontal directions, respectively. This study addresses three challenging issues in applying GPS for landslide monitoring in tectonically active and cold regions. The three challenges include (1) detecting GPS-derived positions that could be contaminated by the snow and ice accumulated on GPS antennas during cold seasons, (2) establishing a stable local reference frame and assessing its accuracy, and (3) excluding local seasonal ground motions from GPS-derived landslide displacement time series. The methods introduced in this study will be useful for GPS landslide monitoring in other tectonically active and/or cold regions.

Keyword:

Cold region Seasonal ground movement GPS Tectonically active region Monitoring Landslide

Author Community:

  • [ 1 ] [Wang, Guoquan]Univ Houston, Dept Earth & Atmospher Sci, NCALM, Houston, TX 77004 USA
  • [ 2 ] [Cuddus, Yanet]Univ Houston, Dept Earth & Atmospher Sci, NCALM, Houston, TX 77004 USA
  • [ 3 ] [Jia, Xueyi]Univ Houston, Dept Earth & Atmospher Sci, NCALM, Houston, TX 77004 USA
  • [ 4 ] [Serna, John, Jr.]Univ Houston, Dept Earth & Atmospher Sci, NCALM, Houston, TX 77004 USA
  • [ 5 ] [Bao, Yan]Beijing Univ Technol, Coll Civil Engn & Architecture, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China
  • [ 6 ] [Jing, Qi]China Earthquake Adm, Monitoring Ctr 1, Tianjin 300180, Peoples R China

Reprint Author's Address:

  • 王国权

    [Wang, Guoquan]Univ Houston, Dept Earth & Atmospher Sci, NCALM, Houston, TX 77004 USA

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NATURAL HAZARDS

ISSN: 0921-030X

Year: 2015

Issue: 3

Volume: 77

Page: 1939-1961

3 . 7 0 0

JCR@2022

ESI Discipline: GEOSCIENCES;

ESI HC Threshold:204

JCR Journal Grade:2

CAS Journal Grade:3

Cited Count:

WoS CC Cited Count: 31

SCOPUS Cited Count: 39

ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All

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Chinese Cited Count:

30 Days PV: 6

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